MARCH 13, 2002
BOB ZIADIE
KING'S GAINS WIN OVER SUSQUUEHANNA, SETTLE FOR TIE IN NIGHTCAP
(Ball Sets career strikeout mark)
WILKES-BARRE -- The King's College softball team won the first game of its scheduled doubleheader with Susquehanna University 3-2, then rallied to forge a 3-3 tie in the nightcap which was halted after five innings due to darkness.
In the opener, King's took a 2-0 first inning lead when Kim Ball came through with a two-run single. Susquehanna cut the lead to 2-1 with a run in the second inning when Melissa Bird scored on a throwing error. The Crusaders knotted the score at 2-2 in their seventh inning when Teresa Ely doubled and scored on a single by Erin Nittinger.
The teams entered extra innings and the international speed-up rule was utilized in which the last batter out in the previous inning begins the following inning on second base. The teams were unable to score until the bottom of the 10th inning when Jess Harvey doubled in Maria Zangardi from second base with the game-winning run.
Karen Ball picked up the win for the Lady Monarchs, allowing six hits while striking out two batters. In the process, Ball became King's all-time career strikeout leader with 149, surpassing the previous mark of 148 set by Julie Smith.
In the second game, King's trailed 3-0 entering the fourth inning when Katie Seguin singled and moved to second on an infield out. After consecutive walks to Linda Manarchuck and Michele Dlugosz loaded the bases, Lisa Rizzo lofted a sacrifice fly to cut the score to 3-1. Zangardi then followed with an RBI single to tie the score.
In the bottom-of-the-fifth inning, pinch hitter Stacey Preambo led off the inning with a triple right field and scored the game-tying run when the throw to third base was errant, allowing the Lady Monarch freshman to score. The game was called due to darkness at the conclusion of the inning.
King's improved to 8-1-1 while Susquehanna stands at 5-4-1.
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